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Pepper Adams: Live at Room at the Top
by Edward Blanco
The late, great baritone saxophonist Park Frederick Pepper" Adams III may be gone but he is certainly not forgotten, as Live at Room at the Top reveals in a spellbinding and blistering engagement documented but not released until now. Recorded at the University of Alberta Student Union at the Top, in September 1972, Adams and the Canadian rhythm section of pianist Tommy Banks, bassist Bobby Cairns and drummer Tom Doran delivered a scorching performance, including a host of relentless solo ...
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by Mike Jurkovic
Recorded live in Alberta, Canada, in late September, 1972, Live at Room at the Top hits a top spot. Brought to light by intrepid saxophonist Cory Weeds and his archival Reel to Reel label (part of his Cellar Music Group) Pepper powers his way to the front of the bandstand poised, muscular and insistent with a versatility born from instinct and endurance. Like a lit fuse, Thad Jones inaugural burner Three and One" finds Adams' smooth but boisterous ...
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by Pierre Giroux
In a foreword by Jim Merod to Gary Carner's biography of Pepper Adams Reflectory: The Life and Music of Pepper Adams," he describes Adams as follows: Pepper was essentially alone in his magnificent command of his big horn's imposing challenges. He set a standard for its lyric power and boisterous allure." In this double LP 180 gram vinyl release by Reel To Real Records, Live at Room At The Top , Adams demonstrates his creative power ...
read more5-Time Global Music Award Winning Vocalist & Trumpeter Johnny Summers Releases Piano Sessions: Volume 2 With Legendary Canadian Pianist Tommy Banks
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Nu Jazz Publicity
Most musicians say they are lovers of great songs, but very few are able to show it in the way that Johnny Summers does! With the new album, Johnny Summers: Piano Sessions – Volume 2, 2015 winner of three Global Music Awards including Best Male Vocalist and Album, Johnny Summers shows why he has become Canada’s best kept musical secret in Jazz. Hailing from Calgary, Alberta in Canada; for the past 10 years Johnny has been the Artistic Director of ...
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Ellis Marsalis with Tommy Banks featuring P.J. Perry in Calgary
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All About Jazz
C-JAZZ PRESENTS THE RE-SCHEDULED PERFORMANCE OF ELLIS MARSALIS & THE TOMMY BANKS QUARTET FEATURING P.J. PERRY WITH MIKE LENT & SANDRO DOMINELLI
Calgary, AB - C-Jazz presents the re-scheduled engagement of the Ellis Marsalis Quartet, Friday, March 24 at 8pm at the EPCOR CENTRE's Jack Singer Concert Hall. Regarded by many as the premier jazz pianist in New Orleans, Ellis Marsalis and his quartet will bring a little Big Easy to Calgary. Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster ...
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